You got it Tom -- I had a huge iMovie file. That was probably the reason
for the Boot Camp hiccup when it came to partitioning my drive, until I
defragged. I do have two external drives I could probably call on for large
movie files, but right now they're dedicated to backups (and are a sole
repo
>It had always been my understanding that registry cleaners were
>basically placebos.
Hardly. I have had them correct strange bugs and they can turn a sluggish
PC back into its old self. Strangest bug I had was stuff jumping out of
the recycle bin as soon as the mouse was released. Could not thr
>Not being argumentative, just wanting some info...what is the real
>difference between os x 'stitching files back together' and vista defrag?
>Is os x basically doing a defrag on the fly when it feels it can but only to
>smaller files as you said?
The big difference is that OS X tries to avoid fr
Not being argumentative, just wanting some info...what is the real
difference between os x 'stitching files back together' and vista defrag?
Is os x basically doing a defrag on the fly when it feels it can but only to
smaller files as you said?
Mike
On 6/14/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr
It had always been my understanding that registry cleaners were
basically placebos.
What do you use?
On 6/13/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a
>>computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall
>>the
>What about defragmenting? Some say it isn't needed on Macs, but when I went
>to install Boot Camp on a relatively new MacBook, it refused to segment the
>drive. I tried all the built in Mac tools and it still refused. It only
>worked after I used a drfrag program.
>
>So now I'm wondering if I s
>I wouldn't reformat every year, but I would plan on reformatting for
>10.5 You will have your choice of two filesystems with 10.5 - HFS+ and
>ZFS. There are some compelling reasons to use ZFS. Go Google "ZFS and
>Leopard."
ZFS will not be a standard part of X.5.
Probably will be considered
I wouldn't reformat every year, but I would plan on reformatting for
10.5 You will have your choice of two filesystems with 10.5 - HFS+ and
ZFS. There are some compelling reasons to use ZFS. Go Google "ZFS and
Leopard."
Mason
Alvin Auerbach wrote:
Tom,
I'm thinking ahead about Mac OS 10.5
>It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a
>computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall
>the OS, applications, and data.
Not at all necessary for Macs. Some people follow this regimen with PCs.
I have so much software installed on my PC that this w
Tom,
I'm thinking ahead about Mac OS 10.5.
It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a
computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall
the OS, applications, and data.
Do you still recommend this? I was thinking that if I'm going to do
this, then the
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